Matias Laine

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Matias Laine is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Matias Laine has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Strategy and Management, 13 papers in Marketing and 13 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Matias Laine's work include Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (18 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (13 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (12 papers). Matias Laine is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (18 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (13 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (12 papers). Matias Laine collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and Spain. Matias Laine's co-authors include Charles H. Cho, Michelle Rodrigue, Robin W. Roberts, Eija Vinnari, Helen Tregidga, Matti Ylönen, Hannele Mäkelä, Jeffrey Unerman, Carmen Correa Ruiz and Kévin André and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Venturing and Accounting Organizations and Society.

In The Last Decade

Matias Laine

46 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Organized hypocrisy, organizational façades, and sustaina... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Organized hypocrisy, organizational façades, and sustainability reporting
    2015 625 citations Charles H. Cho, Matias Laine et al. Accounting Organizations and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matias Laine Finland 24 1.4k 810 480 446 282 46 2.3k
Irene M. Herremans Canada 23 1.7k 1.2× 886 1.1× 593 1.2× 330 0.7× 268 1.0× 69 2.8k
Michelle Rodrigue Canada 14 1.4k 1.0× 857 1.1× 531 1.1× 292 0.7× 213 0.8× 30 2.0k
Ataur Rahman Belal United Kingdom 26 1.9k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 771 1.6× 336 0.8× 346 1.2× 45 2.7k
Kenneth Amaeshi United Kingdom 25 1.4k 1.0× 646 0.8× 429 0.9× 405 0.9× 292 1.0× 65 2.3k
Simone de Colle United States 10 1.5k 1.1× 780 1.0× 355 0.7× 565 1.3× 361 1.3× 18 2.5k
Muhammad Azizul Islam Australia 21 1.6k 1.2× 854 1.1× 649 1.4× 249 0.6× 290 1.0× 70 2.1k
Angeloantonio Russo Italy 20 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.6× 358 0.7× 311 0.7× 187 0.7× 56 2.6k
Ian Thomson United Kingdom 26 1.2k 0.9× 776 1.0× 503 1.0× 464 1.0× 450 1.6× 117 2.8k
Paolo Perego Italy 16 1.2k 0.9× 655 0.8× 616 1.3× 238 0.5× 146 0.5× 37 1.9k
Jeff Frooman Canada 11 1.8k 1.3× 882 1.1× 426 0.9× 718 1.6× 446 1.6× 15 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matias Laine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matias Laine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matias Laine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matias Laine based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matias Laine. Matias Laine is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hyvönen, Timo, Matias Laine, & Jukka Pellinen. (2024). Taking Carbon into Account in Capital Budgeting: A Field Study of Municipal Energy Companies in Finland. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 44(3). 193–216. 3 indexed citations
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Bebbington, Jan, Matias Laine, Carlos Larrínaga, & Giovanna Michelon. (2023). Environmental Accounting in the European Accounting Review : A Reflection. European Accounting Review. 32(5). 1107–1128. 21 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2021). Methodological Openness, Theoretical Diversity and Societal Relevance. A Review of Jeffrey Unerman’s Contributions to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Research. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 41(3). 208–218. 3 indexed citations
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Järvinen, Janne, et al.. (2020). Just Look at the Numbers: A Case Study on Quantification in Corporate Environmental Disclosures. Journal of Business Ethics. 175(1). 23–44. 26 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2020). Looking Further, Speaking out Louder: Tribute to Rob Gray. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 40(3). 198–204. 1 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias, et al.. (2017). Ambiguity of financial environmental information. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 30(3). 593–619. 27 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias & Eija Vinnari. (2017). The transformative potential of counter accounts: a case study of animal rights activism. Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal. 30(7). 1481–1510. 82 indexed citations
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André, Kévin, Charles H. Cho, & Matias Laine. (2017). Reference points for measuring social performance: Case study of a social business venture. Journal of Business Venturing. 33(5). 660–678. 44 indexed citations
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Cho, Charles H., Matias Laine, Robin W. Roberts, & Michelle Rodrigue. (2015). Organized hypocrisy, organizational façades, and sustainability reporting. Accounting Organizations and Society. 40. 78–94. 625 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laine, Matias. (2014). A Climate for Change? Critical Reflections on the Durban United Nations Climate Change Conference. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 34(1). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Ylönen, Matti & Matias Laine. (2014). For logistical reasons only? A case study of tax planning and corporate social responsibility reporting. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 33. 5–23. 85 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2014). Towards a Legitimate Compromise? An Exploration of Integrated Reporting in the Netherlands. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 34(3). 188–189. 10 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias & Eija Vinnari. (2014). The dynamics of voluntary benchmarking in the water sector. Public Money & Management. 34(4). 297–304. 3 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2013). The Practice Turn in Environmental Reporting: A Study into Current Practices in Two Australian Commonwealth Departments. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 33(3). 178–179. 3 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 33(1). 61–63. 65 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2013). A Commentary on ‘Sustainability and Accounting Education: The Elephant in the Classroom’. Accounting Education. 22(4). 333–335. 6 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2009). Towards Sustaining the Status Quo: Business Talk of Sustainability in Finnish Corporate Disclosures 1987-2005. Tampere University Institutional Repository (Tampere University). 1 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2009). A Way of Seeing Corporate Sustainability Reporting. Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University. 3 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias, Hannele Mäkelä, Salme Näsi, & Oana Apostol. (2007). The Sustainability Reporting of Municipalities: A Fad, Mimicry or True Development?. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society. 18. 318–323. 2 indexed citations
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Laine, Matias. (2006). Still the kiss‐of‐death?: A personal reflection on encountering the mainstream paradigm as a PhD student. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 26(2). 9–13. 10 indexed citations

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